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Congratulations to adaptiveARC, winners
of the CACI 2008 FastPitch Business Competition!
FastPitch Competition Summary
FastPitch Business Case Competition
The CACI 2008 FastPitch Business Case Competition provided
early stage clean technology companies a platform to present their case
to a panel of venture capitalists judges and
wide array of conference attendees. All day-of participants received
valuable, interactive feedback and potential investment from
industry leaders and professional investors.
1st Round Qualifying Teams
The following companies were selected to present at the 2008
FastPitch Competition:
adaptiveARC, Inc. – San Diego, CA
adaptiveARC, Inc. is a San Diego based waste to clean energy startup
company that provides a turnkey alternative to landfill that has
compelling economic and environmental benefits. Many municipal
landfills are reaching full capacity and new landfills are not being
permitted. adaptiveARC, Inc. provides a disruptive technology
solution that eliminates the need for landfill. Our
environmentally friendly technology provides for the indefinite
operation of waste management facilities where they can receive, sort,
recycle and process waste, create abundant electricity and never again
have to bury any material in the ground.
AlgEn Energy™ - San Diego, CA
The demand for renewable, sustainable biofuel feed stock is rapidly
growing. Microalgae has been proven to be the best potential
source for renewable crude oil, yet cost-efficient commercial-scale
production remains elusive. AlgEn Energy utilizes its
expertise and resources in biology, engineering, and business to
deliver an integrated solution to profitably produce crude algae oil
for biodiesel production.
Balboa Pacific Corporation – San
Diego, CA
Balboa Pacific Corporation has developed, manufactured and operated a
patented and proprietary continuous-feed pyrolytic gasification waste
treatment system (Bal-Pac) capable of reducing the volume of waste up
to 95%, producing recyclable and resalable by-products including
electricity from the thermal destruction of all organic waste
materials.
Cavitation Technologies, Inc. –
Chatsworth, CA
Cavitation Technologies, Inc. specializes in the technology,
manufacture and
sale of modular, turn-key, alternative fuel production systems.
We are the
only company that offers the BioForce 9000 Biodiesel Production System
with the patent-pending flow-through Plasma 2000 hydrodynamic
cavitation-
based reactor which relies on nano technology. Our systems
dramatically
reduce capital costs, time to market, and operating costs.
Energy Eye, Inc. – San Diego, CA
Energy Eye, Inc. is the developer and marketer of an innovative and
disruptive energy saving technology, the Energy Eye System. Based
in San Diego, CA Energy Eye has grown organically over the last 6 years
through the development and sales of a wireless system for saving
energy on heating and air conditioning systems. This system has been
applied as a superior solution for hotels to reduce the operating
expense and energy use of their guestroom Heating, Ventilation and Air
Conditioning (HVAC) systems. This product uses intelligent wireless
sensors to adjust room temperatures based on occupancy.
Kai BioEnergy Corp. - San Diego
Kai BioEnergy (KAI) is an alternative biofuel company
competitively positioned to become a leading large scale commercial
producer of economical biodiesel crude oil from micro-algae
biomass. KAI holds commercially proven, patented, and proprietary
technology to economically produce high yields of micro-algae crude oil
in a cost efficient open reactor and continuous production
system. KAI’s competitively advantaged technology in the core
processes of production, harvesting, and extraction enables KAI to
supply a low cost biofuel alternative to petro-crude and be highly
profitable at current market prices.
Low-Cost Fuel Cells for
Developing Countries – Berkeley, CA
Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have spent the
last 10 years developing a low-cost fuel cell that can efficiently and
cleanly convert hydrocarbon fuels to electric power. The thin active
fuel cell layers are fabricated on a cheap stainless steel substrate,
making this technology extremely rugged and suitable for mass
production. The team proposes to manufacture and market a suite of
products to developing countries based upon this core energy conversion
platform.
Final Round Qualifying Teams
adaptiveARC, Inc. – San Diego, CA
Cavitation
Technologies, Inc. –
Chatsworth, CA
Energy Eye, Inc. – San
Diego, CA
Grand Prize Winner
adaptiveARC, Inc. – San Diego, CA
Format
Fast Pitch – 1st Round
- Pre-selected teams will present a 5 minute presentation
- Every team will receive feedback from the FastPitch Judges
- 3 teams will move forward to the Final Round
Fast Pitch - Final Round
- Each team will present for 5 minutes with 10 minutes
Q&A from the Judges
- There will be 1 Grand Prize Winner
Grand Prize Winner
- $10,000 Cash Prize
- 3 Management Consulting sessions with a highly seasoned
Venture Capitalist and UCLA Anderson School of Management faculty
member
- An exclusive presentation opportunity with a premier VC Firm
- Promotion on CACI 2008 web-site
Definitions
Fast Pitch - An opportunity to present a business concept
in 3-5 minutes to a panel of experienced investors for the purposes of
receiving general exposure, investor attention, and expert feedback.
Student Involved - any company that involves at least one graduate
student
Student Friendly - any company open to recruiting graduate student
employees (either during or post graduation)
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